Unlock METABOLIC HEALTH Secrets with Dr. Robert Lustig's "Metabolical" | Levels Book Club

[@bitmau5]

I could listen to Robert Lustig all day, I can't believe an hour and a half went by so fast. I feed off of his intensity, consume his every word, and metabolize every morsel I can possibly retain.

[@teslah2997]

Dr. Sten Ekberg has a youtube channel that is VERY informative about how our bodies work physiologically with food…..he is so knowledgeable and interesting

[@surayahjmahamoodally5676]

Me too 😅

[@albertoricaurte9837]

He is very right and we need more doctors like him

[@albertoricaurte9837]

Food has to help growth of health

[@shvonned.burkemsncrnpagpcn619]

I have watched this one, and nearly all of the vids with Dr Lustig. Man, and he never disappoints. The passion, the commitment, the knowledge. Grateful to have what I learn from him to help guide my practice and coach others. I first found Dr. L back in 2016. Prior to, I would treat myself to Rocky Road ice cream 1-2x’s per week, until one Friday night- I had an epiphany. I had been watching TV, eating the pint of ice cream, and then suddenly realized that I was more than half way thru the carton, and yet I was still hungry and didn’t even realize how much I had eaten. I say I was still hungry because I was ready to have more. I don’t know what got into me, but that night I said to myself- something’s not right here; there’s no way I can almost be done and yet, I can still eat more, still want more. That night, I then began researching various sources of information on sugar. Dr. L was one that I found who also opened my eyes to fructose, and more and more. Till this day, I’ve never bought another pint of hagan daz’s rocky road. I did not like the idea of a company producing something that could get me addicted and held no value. To the food industry, I say- I’m not your b*tch. Doing my best to educate others, in hopes that they too will come to make healthier decisions, most of the time ❤

[@FC-bh5qb]

Great comment, I agree, well said, Dr. L is the best isn't he!!!

[@kenadams5504]

If you try a Carnivore diet , you'll get the benefits of nutrient dense food that will give you a boost in energy and wellness. (As well as denying ultra processed food an easy target).

[@shvonned.burkemsncrnpagpcn619]

@@kenadams5504I think any diet that is without processed food is an option. I however, am not interested in eating only meat. I love the nutrients that I get from a variety of foods. And, I am open to the idea but not convinced that the carnivore diet is one of longevity. It could very well be, but I’m not convinced. There might be maybe a handful of those who eat the carny diet that have lived beyond 90’s etc, but the blue zones have multiple, whole communities who eat a plant based diet. 99% of centenarians eat a plant-based diet (not vegan, however). That is the evidence ❤

[@markheckman3987]

Self education is the best way to learn about disease and health care. Thanks Dr. Lustig

[@Maryculligan]

Fabulous! As an elderly RN (teaching now) it is heart breaking to see the damage of processed food evidenced in obesity, metabolic syndrome & much more.

[@micheleallen4275]

I'm 66 years old and was inspired to change my processed food eating to clean, whole food eating 4 month ago. Not by illness but by a desire to remain healthy. I was educated partly by Rob's youtube lectures and a number of others. I've lost 25 lbs and still losing. It is true the food is a little more but it must be a personal choice. However my 30 year old daughter recently said I'm ruining her Laffi Taffi candy eating habit because she has started reading labels. I would love to adopt an inner city family with sons old enough to be part of Baltimores violence culture and see if food, good food could make a difference. Thank you Rob for the education.

[@anakamhi7097]

I’m sure food would make a difference ! I heard of a couple studies in some of these podcasts where they changed the diet of people in prison and violence went down some high percentage. I wish I could remember w one it was. I imagine it was a Dr. mark hyman w a neurologist conversation 🤔?

[@anakamhi7097]

@ty Ty that was probably it! 😉

[@kenadams5504]

@@anakamhi7097 I also saw a video about that.They only removed the Soda drinks and the violance decreased by a large percentage.Why dont all prisons remove the soda drinks !!!????

[@syedabdulhalim23]

@@anakamhi7097 thats crazy. part of the problem is in the food ? seriously its crazy. what toxic poison have we been consuming all this while eh

[@anakamhi7097]

@@kenadams5504 probably have contracts w big companies like they do in schools and someone is getting kick backs :((( just like prisons are businesses.

[@nickalbergo3819]

An obvious Nobel prize nomination… I’ve been following Dr Lustig for 2 years and I follow his advice and have lowered All Of my lipids and my AST from 29 to 19. He is the only person that can clearly explain this complicated subject. Probably because he is the only dr that really understands it!?!! “If your triglycerides are high then your LDL is the dangerous small type”.

[@kenadams5504]

My trigs are a 52 , but my Doc adviced a statin . Its unreal that our Doctors aren't taught what we need them to know. My cac score is zero .

[@nanettealegado6190]

I can’t stop watching Robert Lustig. I’ve watched a lot of his KZbin interviews now. The passion is there, he has vast knowledge and I love how explain things in most simple way that layman could understand immediately. Thank you Doc. I will buy your book.

[@sharonlasper8999]

I'll second that, what a man, absolutely fantastic energy and truthful xx

[@two2tango222]

I received my Metabolical book last week and am eating it up. I go to sleep with an airpod in my ear every night listening to video info. This is life altering, life giving, life saving information. Dr Lusting, thank you for so humbly and passionately using your gifts, experience, education, and research to help this world…as it is in grave danger.

[@megan8832]

Just so you know it’s dangerous to sleep with airpods in

[@lynlawley8903]

So what makes the food do that is it because its got bad ingredients like seed oils ect

[@NAJAlliance]

I love this video. My husband died after a valiant struggle w a rare incurable neuromuscular disease called, Friedrich’s Ataxia. He had a low gene repeat. He was involved w every org. Looking for a cure. They’ve been vacillating about adding “Mitochondrial” disease to the recipe. And currently they claim to be embarking on a treatment that will delay progression. GOOD. Anyway, my husband, who was VERY smart taught me to always think outside the box. THE DOCTOR IS NOT ALWAYS RIGHT!! You HAVE to be your own advocate. Thank you for this video!!

[@davidjones1948]

Dr Lustig saved my life! I had loads of information, but nothing made sense, nothing linked up. When I heard Dr Lustig first, all the bits fell into place! It was amazing!! What a genius! Yes, he deserves a Nobel Prize if anyone ever has

[@saddletramp7215]

My social network collapsed during pandemic.Alcohol consumption dropped to near 0.Lost 25 lbs and bp dropped 20 points.I don't expect you to believe it. I didn't.After watching this I am now better equipped to avoid sugar and increase fiber intake.Thanx Rob!

[@diannematravers3566]

I’ve been battling many health problems. I’ve been praying for an answer. Both of you have so enlightened me. I’m stuck in addiction to sugar in any form. I know in my brain and my heart you are speaking truth. I’m still stuck in my addiction. Thank you for all your studies and courage to speak out. You’ve given me hope. I’m so upset with medicine and the lies and neglect of the patients!

[@springhug7587]

I’m no doctor, and I suggest you read about it, my friend told me about chromium as a supplement to help stop sugar cravings. Chromium or something I’m taking or changed in my diet helped. I rarely crave the sugar now.

[@lindajones4849]

Hi Dianne: I have asugar problem myself . I have reached the conclusion that I can't do sugar " in moderation". It truly is an addiction because once I start I always want more. My understanding is that if u eat food that doesn't radically raise your blood sugar the cravings abate( protein with nonstarchy veggies and small amount of good fats. Good luck

[@johnpastor2292]

Stop eating sugar as much as possible

[@lynlawley8903]

​@@springhug7587an you explain where you got chromium if that helped but what food helped too

[@lynlawley8903]

​@@lindajones4849that sounds about right,, I'm still finding that basic foods have effects because of carb s having sugars added for no reason other than keep you buying because of addiction that people don't realise they have

[@kristivice5537]

Rob, thank you for your service. I have followed you for years, shared your teaching with my friends and family and applied your whole food philosophy toward raising my precious grandchildren. And, just last night, I calculated my husbands lipid panel numbers, using your guidance, to show him that he has an option to the statins that his doctor prescribed. Both my husband and I seem to be “hyper-responders” as Dave Feldman describes, and all of our doctors want to put us on statins. We have resisted so far given that our quick and dirty “bad cholesterol” (triglycerides/Hdl) ratio is always below 1.5, but the repeated statin advice does wear us down.

[@thankfulheart4606]

Just say, No!! I asked my Dr. to put it in my record! She did! So, now, I don’t feel badgered every time I go to have blood work!

[@fionanicolson7642]

Absolutely say in no uncertain terms NO!! Follow Dr Lustig..

[@gilream]

I have watched this doc countless times on podcasts, interviews, and lectures. he is extremely interesting when he sticks to matters within his expertise and already knew that he is from San Francisco which is a red flag for me. And sure as night follows day, here he confirms his political bias against President Trump who I am a great admirer of. This interview is 2 years old so perhaps in the interim I should give him the benefit of the doubt and assume that he has acknowledged the facts that everything we were told by the corrupt scientific community turned out to be false.

[@marysmythe625]

Keto real food for nearly five years, life changing. Thank you for this great interview x

[@stroys7061]

Same here. I’m 72, 5’8” and a fit 160 lbs. I weighed 164 when I graduated high school. When I was 67 I weighed 220 lbs and felt awful. I hiked and exercised but nothing worked. I discovered keto and lost 40 lbs in 6 months. A year later I was under 165 and felt better than I had in 20 years. Here I am at 72 and stronger and fitter than I was at 62. Keto for life.

[@LaneCodeRedCarnivore]

I have to say I went grocery shopping yesterday and ALL the healthier items were sold out !! The unhealthy options were stocked to the ceiling , though . I guess there are people listening Rob 👍

[@markheckman3987]

This makes me remember, when I was a child, I was told not to feed the pets our food because it isn't healthy for the pet! My thoughts now are why did we eat it then?

[@not_social]

This is so great. I have hope that my grandchildren may be healthy in a way that I wasn't

[@springhug7587]

Casey thank you so much for everything- head up, they will do everything to bring you down. Keep moving forward.

[@ericlambousy2417]

thank you, dr. lustig, for helping me. my mom sent me a link to your ". . . bitter truth" lecture about three years ago. after watching it, and changing my sugar intake habit, my heartburn frequency reduced from 5 days a week to little more than a couple days per month. no more antacids for me. this leads me to think that there may be far more than obvious consequences to a steady diet of crap (term used loosely) and i am pleased that my mom shared this with me. later i learned that such intake (antacid) is not good for the microbiome anyway. thank you again for your educational help. i appreciate it, sir. eric

[@leszekzarski2088]

Thank Allmighty Devine Creator to bring Dr's like you to our demention we live in. Blessings

[@marilynworth997]

I've just discovered Levels and am so impressed with Casey Means that I would like you to sneak some of your story into these wonderful interviews. I'm 77 y/o. When I see young people such as yourself, I have hope for the future. Of course, Dr. Lustig is a god as far as I'm concerned!

[@ivobiancucci4528]

I just finished reading the book - am looking forward to re-reading it again am so glad I bought it

[@WendyHannan-pt7ez]

I love these two together, thanks Casey. I always come away learning so much more about health and nutrition. I have fibromyalgia with every day pain and awful fatigued, when I eat sugar my pain kicks in a lot worse. I’ve finally realised I’m addicted to sugar and carbs. I’m buying Rob’s latest book, I can’t wait to read it.

[@Leo-eb1wl]

1 year on now from cutting out 90% of my carbs and all vegetable/seed oils. I was 97kg now 80kg and feel great.

[@goldarua3802]

Thanks Rob. We are listening.

[@VaticanToo]

When I talk to family and friends about the metabolic link to sugar and ultra processed food, they essentially tell me they’re not willing to give up their sugary treats- so it then becomes about behavior, not exposure.

[@husniyetasdelen773]

Thank you so much for your Podcast! I'm so greatfull to Dr. Robert LUSTIG for all his hard work . I think that the big problem comes from the lack of knowledge from medical students about food and nutrition. I am a Nutrition Coach and I've been Dr. Alain DELABOS' student in Paris. Dr. DELABOS is the founder of "Chrononutrtion" : By teaching people to eat the right food at the right time of the day in the right amount we help people heal their metabolic dysfunctions ! Dr. Alain DELABOS is been fighting for the same causes as Dr. LUSTIG for over 40 years now in France.

[@hellada5922]

I adore both of you and all that you do to educate and spread your wisdom.

[@perugino25]

Rob and all others doctors in this media are so generous and selfless!!!! All of you are savings lives!!!! These are the doctors who must have taking care of us with COVID and its treatment!!!!

[@udiptya71]

Dr. Lustig, I'm listening to your videos from India, and though you speak mostly about the US, I feel it's absolutely universal and very relevant to India as well. Your views are so refreshing and enlightening, and propose such far reaching consequences.

[@vas4739]

I just LOVE this man! I too have been a critical thinker and have experienced the continuous dismissive attitude of “superiors” who amazingly are proven ignorant over time.

[@mbersano1]

Just bought your book Metabolical and started to read. Thanks for all the information you provide on these KZbin’s.

[@sophiaged9333]

Very insightful questions and answers. Merci! Learning about TOFI from Dr Lustig was eye opening for me. That is exactly what made a shift in my way of thinking.

[@anakamhi7097]

💯 I’m a tofi or am on the journey of getting out of it. Being TOFI is not a blessing as I always thought. 😓

[@sophiaged9333]

@@anakamhi7097 thank you. I was thinking the exact same way. It hit me like a slap.

[@anakamhi7097]

@@sophiaged9333 yeah and the worst part is tofis are more likely to develop brain metabolic diseases than regular ppl. By the time we get diagnosed for let’s say Alzheimer’s then we’ve been sick for 20 years. Anyway now that we know we can avert disaster.

[@springhug7587]

Thin Outside Fat Inside (TOFI)

[@Truthseeker2360me]

I wish that I had a Dr. like you when I was young Dr. Lustig . I had Grave's and had to have a thyroidectomy when I was 17 years old. After it my pediatrician then would not check my thyroid levels, even though I gained about a hundred pounds in a year. When he was fired because of his alcoholism, I finally got a Dr. who tested me, and doubled my thyroid medication. The sad thing is that I have always been prescribed synthetic thyroid meds, & can't get a Dr. who cares enough to help me to recover metabolically. I was diabetic for years, on insulin (Lantus and Humolog), along with Metformin and Glyburide. I've lost a lot of wt. and eat a keto diet. I am no longer diabetic. My A1C was 5.6 six months ago. The problem I have now, is that it is extremely hard to lose weight since menopause, & I need to lose more weight. I have seen some of your videos, and I'm ordering Metabolical. Thank you for educating people about metabolic health.

[@SarojEkka-zc3nq]

Hi. I am in similar situations. Is there a way I can contact you? I love to learn from your situation.

[@karenwaldron3485]

I'd love to find out how to cure my thyroid without taking synthetic thyroxine

[@donaldmcpherson3226]

Lay person here. Every discussion I listen to by Levels people or Dr. Lustig leaves me feeling blown away (in the best sense). Most docs I have encountered give up on emphasizing lifestyle changes saying almost Noone follows the advice. Another case of BS GASLIGHTING. Patients need to take responsibility to learn and think, but so do doctors.

[@nikkidurghalli5865]

Wow . I have so much work to do when it comes to my health, this is great information, very logical and it makes so much sense. We are so blinded by the food industry and what they present to us in the supermarket we need to wake up as a society starting first and foremost with our kids 😢

[@ophimmasane]

This is the best video ever, it helped me to understand so many things specially Triglycerides and ALT, I love it. The main issue is the sugar. I am free from it. Wow everything is under control. Thank you and thank you again.

[@kimyeo5968]

It is too expensive for me as I’m a retiree

[@gmo709]

He is as smart as they come and continues to fight for what is right. Also, fun to listen to.

[@simoneyoo7442]

Everyone should read his recent book Metabolical. And even reading this book should be the assignment for medical students and nursing students! Since my son was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at age 11, I have researched a lot about diet to fix it and I have consulted his GI doctor and nurses for his diet, and they said it has nothing to do with diet. And they said Medication will treat his symptoms instead. I was furious to know how many doctors and health care professionals are ignorant and careless in their areas and human body. We started to have SCD diet first and added some grain in a few months but never gluten and sugar, and now we all are so healthy with healthier diet. Of course my son is doing great but all other family members got benefit from healthy diet. Please everyone stay away from sugar, gluten and dairy product( if it is not fermented enough to rid of lactose)!

[@bonnieleary1197]

He is so lucky to have you! What gift you are. 🥰🙏🏻🙏🏻🥰🥰🥰

[@kenadams5504]

I believe the Carnivore diet has great results for Auto-immune Related Conditions .I'm sorry your GI doctors said that diet doesn't help ...its truely awful that people are being given such information .Thank God for The Internet and the Good Information we can obtain from it.

[@steeveshealth]

Other than taxation, would it be better to require exposure to information about how processed sugars assist in causing disease every time someone wants to buy processed sugar products? Seems to be a better place for the money to go, informing the people. And require the companies who produce the products to pay for providing this information. That would drive up the cost of the products and would assist in inhibiting people purchasing. What do you think? Any other ideas?

[@dreamingrightnow1174]

These foods should, including juice smoothies and energy drinks, should come with a health warning like the Surgeon General did to cigarettes. If people know what they're ingesting the demand will go down and that is the key imo.

[@shankar4330]

It was a cultural shock for me to see the overflow of sugar in the US food market when I first moved to the country. I had never seen people refilling their large cups with soda faucets in fast food restaurants in my country till then. In my culture we consume sugar but as a treat, only on special occasions. Our soda intake is often limited to 150 to 250ml soda bottles. Buying a 2L soda bottle is a sin. A. D we dont sip sugar syrups all day long. This is clearly a food discipline (I use the word discipline purposefully) forced down upon the Americans by the processed food industry. We NEED regulation.

[@annetcell-ly4571]

People from all over the world listen to podcasts. It’s interesting listening to the American mindset. It’s hard to believe that many citizens of the “greatest country in the world” can’t afford real food because of politics and the food industry? On the other hand, many people all over the world don’t question what they are putting in their mouths.

[@xikano8573]

I think we need to update our vocabulary: FOOD (naturally grown and harvested) and food-like products.

[@MT-sq3jo]

I would not dismiss obesity as a health risk factor. Yes, some obese people can be ‘metabolically healthy’, while some normal weight people do have metabolic syndromes. However, obesity is associated with increased risk of many diseases (e.g. cancer risk). An analogy is, some smokers do not develop lung cancer and live long lives (even centenarians), while some non-smokers got lung cancer. However, it does not alter the fact that smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer.

[@kenadams5504]

You misunderstood .Rob agrees that obesity is a Marker for ill health/metabolic ill health.He dismissed the idea that you can't get metabolic ill health, unless you are obese. (40% of meatabolic ill health is with ppl who are not obese).

[@lindagarcia8667]

Dark forces, one being orange and lives in Florida. Petty comment. 😕 not sure what his point was 🤷‍♀️

[@VoiceoverMomentum]

Love Dr L and just put on my new Levels CGM today!

[@elizagal7451]

Dr. Lustig, How about the politician Calley Means in Washington. He’s passionate in the food industry and previously worked inside the industries that dominate production of food nationwide that serve greed vs metabolic health of citizens. And PS. As a patient if I don’t fully understand what docs are suggesting I definitely don’t comply. As your host points out information is power. Fabulous interview and people

[@kenadams5504]

The first step in sugar addiction is realising or admitting the problem . People dont even realise the affects of soft drinks on the liver /triglycerides.

[@klf153]

Yes, get rid of food subsidies!!

[@dreamingrightnow1174]

Or subsidize healthy foods only. I we subsidized small regenerative food producers then healthy whole foods wouldn't only be accessible to those who make 6 figures. The cheapest food, even whole food is toxic.

[@alishaburton7444]

Could you do a video for middle aged women who have NAC fatty liver disease and type II diabetes, but who can't go on keto diet because of bile too thick to move out of gall bladder. What can help thin the bile to get it moving?

[@Tpry]

YES, make healthy better food affordable to the lower classes.

[@gracegwozdz8185]

Lovely earrings. Great subject and outstanding interview. What a great content! Why it'll never be on TV? Is our TV also sold to BigPharma like our governments?

[@freeyoga]

Like your style “processed of food is poison “. Which is exactly what packaged food is and grocery stores a full of!

[@aresmars2003]

Great discussion! I appreciate the issue of soda taxes to reduce consumption, while seeing the insane argument about being unfair to poor. I learned my first lesson in my early 20s, going to water at restaurants just to reduce my food bill eating out with friends, and I didn't miss it at all. BUT then I remember once being offered a soda at a new years eve party and accepted, and drank and thought "OH, this is way too sweet!" and then 15 seconds later I thought "I want more!" and this confused me, how those two truths existed at the same time. I also stopped drinking any juice (except grape juice for a while, and watering it way down when I did, so more as flavoring), but mostly I just drink water, or tea or straight coffee, and I feel sure it helps me. Now I know even bananas have too much sugar alone, so I'll try to have something like oatmeal at the same time with more fiber. If I depend only on "feelings", I'd say eating a banana alone doesn't cause problems, and I don't experience a craving response like straight sugar, or crash, but I accept the effect is more subtle.

[@aresmars2003]

If I eat processed cereal for breakfast, usually I'll pick cheerios or generic equivalent, minimal sugar added. Recently I got some food at a church distribution, and they gave us "Multigrain cheerios" and it "sounds" healthy, but really just means they added cheap corn meal to it AND sugar, so like 25% of the calories are sugar, and that's still low compared to some "sugar" cereals. And a local discount food store, you can get a box of cereal for $1, but 100% of it is the worst of the worst high sugar cereal. (At least they also do sell rolled oats, if you're willing to cook.)

[@ivobiancucci4528]

You do not have to start your day loading up on carbs - an egg and a couple slices of bacon is better for you cause it doesn't spike your insulin

[@aresmars2003]

@@ivobiancucci4528 I'm not a vegan or anything, but don't eat meat every day. I am active, running, biking for commuting, so complex carbs are good, just need to make sure it also has fiber too, to slow digestion. I've heard nothing bad about oatmeal and some walnuts on top, no need for any sugar at all, unless I add some fruit.

[@dreamingrightnow1174]

This is why I think a continuous blood glucose monitors should be available to everybody. For some, eating a banana is not big deal, like a moderate amount of oatmeal but for many of us those even those "healthy" whole foods increases insulin insensitivity. It's not the only tool of course but it's enlightening to see what happens when eat those foods.

[@kenadams5504]

Eating any cereal nowadays is the same as eating sugar .

[@rubywoo16]

Dr Robert lustig is king

[@fionanicolson7642]

Dr Lustig has been talking about the abysmal health of the western diet for decades.

[@johnpastor2292]

I love the fork ear rings!! Dr Ludwig is the Man !

[@pragmaticmusing6923]

if someone didn't have a lot of money, here's a few pointers, because my body was always sensitive to chemicals and etc. that gave me headaches and otherwise. The worst for chemicals and GMO was always the obvious first off: aspartame and MSG, but after that it was: GMO chicken, potatoes and coffee, and high fructose corn syrup particularly in ketchup. If you don't throw out anything else, get non-GMO of those most important things. Instead of sodas I make two custom types of fruit punch for optimal bodily function: grape & orange (primarily for cognition and circulation), or pineapple & tomato (3 parts pineapple, 1 part tomato, primarily for digestion and function). The tomato and grape juices contain sulfur they help to raise glutathione and allow you to detox all the chemical mess you take in. Oranges and tomatoes have either lower or better sugars and balance the mixes. Either will have a higher than usual dose of vitamin c and are good for half a dozen other things. The second punch I often use to spike my coffee when I fast. Each is at least 10g less sugar than a can of cola. For coffee I will mix half allulose (rare sugar) and half sugar in equal parts to reduce calories as opposed to using straight sugar.

[@KeyshowJi]

His mention of Idiocracy (expired on Hulu about a month ago, but temporarily free on youtube) is timely…

[@paomapol3386]

Thank you very much Dr.Robert.This is very interesting and will help people to live with more quality of life. My question is if it would help to move this matter forward to have more scientis who are specified in system biology and metabolic system to work at FDA.?

[@redpilled7002]

Totally on board with metabolic health. It supports my beliefs regarding "terrain vs germ theory" which is why I'm surprised on the views expressed here regarding covid. Love to know why they believe viruses exist.

[@Cybernurse2020]

I'm one of the "skinny ones"... surrounded by millions who struggle to lose weight! This can be a very lonely place, with few resources available to help us "maintain or gain" weight (w/o further compromise to our blood sugars). Following the 25# weight loss that came with Intermittent Fasting, I'm really struggling now, with little to no help. This isn't easy, regardlessa of which side of the equation we sit!

[@kenadams5504]

Dont forget that Rob's point is about the metabolic condition affecting non-obese ppl due to Added Sugar in their diet .They can reduce /eliminate Added Sugar to improve their metabolic health and your subcutaneous fat deficit is not necessarilly an issue. If you have a blood test for "fasting insulin " , then you can find out if you have good metabolic health...this is very important and you should consider this before the importance of overall weight.Having said that , remember that your physiology needs fuel to function , and it is best to provide calories to it.Whole food like vegetables, low sugar fruits , or chicken /fish are a healthy way to provide that fuel.

[@DanielTillman1]

Your story about sinusitis resonated with me because my nutrition change eliminated sinusitis for me. What were the papers you read that sparked the idea for you Dr Casey?

[@afanasymarinov2236]

"Processed food is the fast-food temptress of our time. Convenient but often empty, it may satisfy for a moment, but it rarely nourishes your body or soul. Choose whole, real foods whenever you can; your health will thank you later." - Marcus Aurelius (probably)

[@lcm2023]

Treat poisonous food additives as you did tobacco. If Tobacco companies need labels on their products, then the same labels need to be on all products and restaurant offerings. By the way I am a conservative and most of the political overtones from this movement is why this movement is stalling and failing. Neither party is looking out for any of “we the people” and the continued use of identity politics and anti-Trump BS needs to stop! That’s how you “fix it”!

[@dreamingrightnow1174]

My experience is that a lot of the politics in this healthy whole food space is more right, libertarian leaning but I still get good info from them too.. It's okay with me if someone has a different view than I do on politics or religion if their main goal is to offer real information about health. Lustig criticizes BIden (his appointment of the head of the FDA for example) and Trump; I don't think he likes either. They both want to funnel money to their corporate handlers and they're both pretending otherwise. I totally agree about labeling the food, but hyper-palatable, shelf stable mass produced food is a high profit margin product and has an army of lobbyists protecting it. It's going to take numbers to stop them, but right now we're all too fractured and tribal to be effective.

[@pilgrimlady8196]

Agreed.

[@user-rb2]

I agree food ingredients should be on labels, but not that our government should 'regulate' food. We need to be educated to be our own advocates in all areas of our life. If the government was more in control just think, currently some of them kowtow to politically correct thinking such as warning about obesity is fat phobia and wrong. Our VP, before the election, stated she would not take a vaccine made by Trump. Now that the admin changed some of the leaders wanted to mandate the taking of vaccine it seemed. Best to keep politics out of health info by politicians and doctors.

[@carolynadams5126]

How do you feed the gut and save the liver when many meds mess with the liver?

[@TheSpottedArtist]

Thank the gods for “disdain for authority”!

[@ylcalif3681]

Tip to Crew: You would do better to remove your Black Lives Matter, etc. placards from the walls (see 34 minute mark) during non-political podcasts if you want to get your message about health to the largest audiences without shoving politics into the mix.

[@alexiswinter6948]

Didn't bother me one bit. You must be hyper sensitive. He's not sending you a personal message. 😂

[@guest4888]

And dr. Lustig’s comment re Covid abt “someone that’s orange and lives in Florida” 🤦🏽‍♀️ it’s impossible for those w TDS to not insert Trump’s name in any circumstance, even though the covid response was hijacked by bureaucrats like Fauci and Birxz

[@MrWingiii]

Grow up ..

[@shankar4330]

Folks have become too sensitive. Come out of your cocoon. We must have room for every sort of opinions and ideologies.

[@ElGatoMarcus]

The US is still a free country where people have a right to free speech. The fact is that some people need to be reminded that the lives of black people matter too.

[@DjTumbao]

I think what can help is to let people know what they can eat and what not because regular people are never going to see and understand it like you guys, as they don't have the knowledge you have. The choices at the store are overwhelming. For example, let's take a simple case: the majority of people who consume animal protein, how should they cook it? What oil should they use if it's not good to use olive or vegetable oil for Cooking? I think little things like that will help start shifting the ball because even if the food industry sells us something, if people don't buy it, they have to do something to make us buy it; otherwise, they will go broke. Right now, they have it easy because we are ignorant about a lot of stuff

[@eugeniebreida1583]

We need Time Stamps. Wandering series of questions…

[@BrewmasterN8]

Do I need the book, or can i get the good info from his interviews and lectures? I watch a lot of his stuff....maybe ill buy it and leave it on a table at work(i work in a hospital)

[@bobcocampo]

Hope Dr Rob will be our consultant for Nutrition in the Philippines

[@Elena-rt9yu]

Government is working hard, to make divisions between the haves an haves not. I work with the mediciad population, the care they receive is not desirable. The poor is their lot of people to fight their wars, the poor get ultra processed food, and then keeps hospital beds filled.therefore expirements, they also receive a one size fits all chemo no matter what they have. Thank you for this wonderful podcast.

[@billkirby3162]

In an episode will you say something about LP(a). My count is 479 and all that I read is "LP(a) is bad and nothing can be done about it."

[@joemacch6284]

Divide and conquer is the playbook of the system

[@aliciastanley5582]

We need a large lobby of the American people to speak in one voice demanding changes in the medical system, the insurance system, to monitor those who go into the FDA, the USDA, and fight for appropriate regulations of food producing corporations an online ad campaign for us all to become members paying a yearly fee to begin the organization and later seeking donations. We need a range of doctors who are well recognized on the board like Lustig, Hyman, Fung and many others. A powerful lobby like a good NRA for American nutritional health. Folks need to go to towns with advertised town halls or rallies to organize this voice to participate in speaking up.

[@wadepatton2433]

I agree about the need, but Did you see the dozens of great doctors pleading with the USDA panel on the new official Dietary Guidelines a few years back? The doctors were GREAT. The INDUSTRY controls the members of that panel as they didn't appear to be interested in the testimony presented to them. Canada's new guidelines are better. America is driven by the dollar and we have the best government corporate money can buy. It nods to the people, then does what the corporations want.

[@wadepatton2433]

Industry actively FIGHTS to keep doing everything exactly as they are doing it. All ultraprocessed foods are the highest margin goods they sell.

[@columbiafamilychiro]

Both of you would make phenomenal chiropractors!

[@kizmcleod2927]

I always loved the topic of adulterated foods and how it impacts out health. I found it very disingenuous to pretend that only one political party is in deep with big companies and big pharma.

[@Don_Modern_Ancestor]

Lustig says he's not political savvy yet when criticizing govt (deservedly so) he just calls out one party, however it has gone on in every administration in history and certainly in his lifetime...cornell & usfc roots....we hope you're not as biased in the information you spread...

[@evawingate8812]

Great Video,very valuable 👍👍👍

[@tracybailey711]

His comment on dark forces during Covid regarding Trump didn’t age well.

[@pameti.dragoblago]

the problem is systemic, and it's not just to do with medicine and 'food industry', and solution should be systemic as well. i think it's now beyond painfully obvious that it's not about money - it's about us - or having less of us, to be more precise. in other words, all these problems are by design. (and don't forget who established medical system - and who is financing it - as Dr. Robert mentioned)

[@JohnJones-zm3nb]

67years morning glucose 130s. During the course of day rises to the 150s. Around 5:00pm drops down100-110.Started checking Dem 3 2021 presence date feb 10 2022 over three months & zero change. I am on full carnivore diet OMAD calories 1000-1250 a day & lost twenty pounds

[@maywattee]

Simply amazing, this science and Robert's bravado has changed my life in 1 week. Just wondering if we should eat corn/corn products in light of corn fed meat/BCAA and mitochondrial overload. Also will any change in the food industry reach those in nursing homes or would the government have to regulate their nutritional standards. Also does organic meat /dairy mean grass fed/finish?

[@garzascreek]

No on the last question. If the grass or hay was treated with pesticides/herbicides then not organic. If the corn and grain fed to the animal is pesticide/herbicide free then organic. Very little grain fed to animals is organic, though.

[@lcm2023]

The problem is working at the UN level and through the political left channels and attitudes. Go to the local community and state levels within the US.

[@toddrandolph24]

"1 is orange and lives in Florida " haha. Love how he slights people who need slighting.

[@semrabahcivan8627]

Thank you so much for your wonderful lessons that I listened many times and shared. I have diseases Thallasaemia heterogeneous, hyperthyroidism, kidney stone and one kidney is getting smaller, autoimmune diseases, Sjogren patient as well. So much to learn from you. Can I get some lessons please.

[@wellnesspathforme6236]

Read Cure Your Fatigue by Morley Robbins and invite him on your show for an interview.

[@abschmit]

Not just fasting insulin but fasting insulin combined with fasting glucose or HOMA IR.

[@dreamingrightnow1174]

Yes. I can't get that one from my doctor. I think insulin levels are at the root of metabolic syndrome and autoimmune diseases.

[@RATM77777]

Great content. Looking forward to the next one. How often do you plan on posting these? I hope it’s a regular feature on the channel.

[@levels]

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[@levels]

We'll release videos of similar conversations, as well as podcast episodes where we record video, as our team grows - stay tuned!

[@amberhartzog9851]

Dr Rob has pretty much convinced me to cut back from a12 oz soda every week to 7.5 oz.

[@rebeccacarraway480]

“You drink toilet water?” Idiocracy was great lol.

[@ravelanone9462]

I love Dr. Lustig’s work. Just wish he would realize that his medical and nutritional expertise does not extend to politics and world affairs. His political commentary will not age well, and it detracts from his message.

[@ElGatoMarcus]

Public Health is politics. There is no way to disentangle them. He is doing god’s work and we need more science based leaders like him.

[@hamiltonlilee]

100% Agree. I just respect him less now especially after Vaccine Mandate fiasco!:(😢

[@VaticanToo]

What am I missing on the social inequality point? Raw food - fruits vegetables, chicken, meat - cooked at home, is demonstratively less expensive than any fast food and ultra-processed food.

[@user-zq3qd8ui5o]

Yes, fast food nowadays is also getting extremely expensive. Better to cook & prepare & to take & make the time, to prepare Whole Food meals oneself,…..

[@user-rb2]

True, it is just popular right now to yell about injustices and not pay too much attention to facts. :-)

[@zelbinian]

You know what we need to blow the doors of this thing? We need a "The Wire" for medicine. A premiere, steeped-in-truth HBO drama about the systemic biases in medicine that prevent these sorts of ideas from taking hold would be killer and get everyone talking.

[@2008july4]

I have a question about lamb meat? How they feed them? I mean quality of meat. Thanks

[@williamc4221]

You can't be effective unless you hear and acknowledge the "other side".

[@mariapapadopoulou7368]

Sorry casey, but it s been made evident since a long time that very very few people go to medical school to help other people and that they go to medical school because they want to become rich. Some of them very rich.

[@CM-sy3to]

If they think junk food bought at mini marts is inexpensive, they really have never shopped at one. Inner city folks will pay $8 for a bag of chips because it tastes good and its instant gratification. They choose processed food because it doesn't require much prep. Real grocery stores moved out of the inner city because of CRIME, not racism.

[@stnln2180]

Those naive victims of Marxist ideology among elite have very predetermined views of reality. I love the Good Doctor but it is painful to watch his Leftist idiotic ideas.

[@hulamei3117]

That's what happened with my smoking. My child was educated about its health hazzard! Took decades, but I got how bad smoking is. Still a struggle for me, but my child called me on this disgusting toxic habit.